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Getting Started
Welcome to Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 2007! In this short tutorial, you learn how to use the features of
Architectural Desktop to design a small contemporary residence.
Architectural Desktop is an object-based CAD application. When you design in Architectural Desktop, you use a
collection of objects that represent real-world building components, such as walls, doors, and windows. These objects
are composed of lines, arcs, and circles, but also contain information that allows them to function like the real-world
components that they represent, to relate intelligently to each other, and to display in a two-dimensional or three-
dimensional context.
Because Architectural Desktop contains these intelligent objects, it supports a drawing-based building information
modelling workflow. In this workflow, you use these objects to design a 3D building model that represents the
building design.
Topics in this section
Managing Your Drawings

Using the Tutorial in this Guide
Starting the Project
Creating the Preliminary Design
Refining the Design
Creating Entry Level Floor Slabs
Creating Upper Level Slabs
Adding Stairs and Railings
Creating Views for a Sheet
Adding a Roof
Creating a Presentation Sheet
Creating a Door Schedule
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Managing Your Drawings
Before you begin the tutorial, it is helpful to understand how you will create and manage the residence drawing files.
The Drawing Management feature in Architectural Desktop lets you distribute your building model geometry
amongst a number of drawing files.
To store and manage these drawings with this feature, you first create a project. In the project, you create the basic
levels (floors) and divisions (wings) of the building model to create a matrix of locations where you can assign the
drawings that contain the geometry of your model.
Using enhanced AutoCAD Xref technology, the drawings that contain the building model geometry can then be
referenced together, and views of the building model can be created and referenced onto plotting sheets.
Within the project structure, different types of drawings are organized in a main project folder. The drawings (DWG
files) are classified within the project as constructs, elements, views, and sheets and stored in equivalent project sub-
folders.
Constructs and Elements
Two types of drawings, constructs and elements, contain the geometry that creates the building model.
Constructs are the main building blocks of the model. They define unique portions of the building and are assigned to
a location (level and division) within the building. In this project, you create the following 4 constructs.
The Shell construct
The 01 Interior Walls construct

The 02 Floor construct
The 03 Roof construct
Elements are collections of geometry that can be referenced repeatedly within multiple constructs, such as a service
core that would be referenced on multiple floors of a commercial building.
In this smaller project, you save a 2D sketch of the floor plan as an element. You reference this element into the Shell
and Interior Walls constructs to create the exterior and interior walls of the residence.
Linework in the Design Sketch element

Views and Sheets
When you have developed the building model enough to begin documenting it, you reference views of the building
model onto plotting sheets.
A view drawing references a number of constructs according to their location in the building to present a specific
view of the building model. You decide what part of the building model you wish to view and the type of view to
generate when you create the view.
A section view of the residence
Sheet drawings are DWG files that you plot or electronically publish to produce construction documents. Sheet
drawings contain paper space layouts that comprise the layout of the sheet. You reference model space views from
view drawings onto sheets to create sheet views. Any changes that you make to the model can be updated in the
sheets.
Views of the residence referenced onto a sheet
Using the Tutorial in this Guide
To complete the tutorial in this guide, you must have Architectural Desktop installed on your system. As you

progress through the exercise in this tutorial, you access tutorial drawings, templates, and other content from the
default installation directories.
If you cannot locate a file in the location that this guide suggests, it may be installed in a different location. Contact
your CAD manager for more information.
Imperial and Metric Convention
The exercises in this guide contain both imperial and metric values. This means that when you see an imperial value,
a metric value is displayed in square brackets ([ ]) next to it.
For example: Offset the door 6'' [150 mm] from the end of the wall.
All audiences using imperial measurements should use the imperial values only. All audiences using metric
measurements should follow the metric values in brackets only. Note that the imperial and metric values are not
direct conversions, but appropriate values for completing either the imperial or metric project.
Starting the Project
In this first exercise, you create a project to manage all of the residence design and documentation drawings. You
create the project from the default Architectural Desktop template project, which is a quick way to create a project
that contains predefined setting and support files.
1. Start Architectural Desktop.

2. If the Workspaces screen displays, select Design, and click OK.
3. On the Workspaces toolbar located under the drop-down menus near the top of the screen, verify Design is
selected, or click and select it from the list that displays.
4. The Architectural Desktop Design workspace displays. A workspace includes the user interface components
and the drawing area that you will use to design and document the residence. The Design workspace contains
all the basic tools that you need to create architectural objects in your design drawings.
5. Click File menu Project Browser.
You use the Project Browser to create, copy, and switch between projects.
6. In the left pane, click , and scroll up to view the current file path and folder.
By default, the path and folder is c:\my documents\autodesk\my projects. This is where you your project folder
will be created.
7. At the bottom of the left pane, click .

8. On the Add Project worksheet:
For Project Number, enter ADT 101.

For Project Name, enter Getting Started.

For Project Description, enter Residence.
Verify that Create from template project is selected.
Click , browse to c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\autodesk\adt 2007
\enu\template\adt template project (imperial) or (metric), and select adt template project (imperial) or
(metric).apj.
Click OK.
The Getting Started project displays in bold type in the Project Browser to indicate it is current.
9. In the Project Browser, click Close.
Two workspace features display: an empty Getting Started project tool palette, which you use later in the
project, and the Project Navigator. The Project Navigator tabs let you create, access, and organize the drawings
in the current project.
10. Verify that the Project tab is displayed, and view the project and level information.
By default, only 1 level (floor) and 1 division were created in the project. You need to add the upper level and
roof level of the residence to the project. You do not need to create additional divisions, as the residence does
not contain any wings or other horizontal expansions.
11. Add 2 levels to the project:

In the Levels title bar, click .
On the Levels worksheet, click (Add Level) twice.
Under Name, double-click 1 [G], and enter 01 Entry Level.
NOTE:To view the complete level name, drag the field divider to the right.

Double-click 2, and enter 02 Upper Level.

Double-click 3, and enter 03 Roof Level.
Under Floor Elevation and Floor to Floor Height, verify that the 01 Entry Level floor elevation is 0 and
the height between floors is 10' [3000 mm].
Click OK.
The project now contains 3 levels, which you can view under the Levels title bar in the Project Navigator.
When you create project drawings, you will use the levels to position the drawing geometry in the building
model.
12. Open Windows Explorer, and browse to c:\my documents\autodesk\my projects\getting started.
13. View the project structure.
The drawings that you create to design the residence will be saved in the Constructs, Elements, Sheets, and
Views folders. The Gettting Started.apj file contains the project name, number, level and division information,
as well as the project settings.
14. Close Windows Explorer.
You will use the Project Navigator to manage your project drawings as you design and document the residence.
Creating the Preliminary Design
In this exercise, you use the linework in a two-dimensional conceptual AutoCAD® drawing to create the shell and
the interior walls of the residence. After the shell and interior walls are complete, you add generic doors, windows, an
opening, and a curtain wall to complete the preliminary design of the residence.

1. Click File menu Open, and browse to c:\program files\autodesk architectural desktop 2007
\tutorial\architectural desktop\datasets.
2. Select Getting_Started_I.dwg [Getting_Started_M.dwg], and click Open.
The drawing is a 2D sketch of the residence that shows the building access, circulation, views, sun, and
activities. It is an external drawing that is not part of the Getting_Started project.
3. Freeze and thaw drawing layers to display only the exterior wall and interior walls of the residence:
On the Layer Properties toolbar, click , and verify that displays next to the sketch-linework layer.
Click next to all the other sketch layers to freeze them.
Because you will repeatedly reference this geometry into your other project drawings, you want to add it to the
project as an element. An element does not have a specific level or division assignment within the building.
4. Save the sketch as an element:

On the Project Navigator, click the Constructs tab.
Right-click the Elements folder, and click Save Current Dwg as Element.
On the Add Element worksheet, click the Name field, and enter Design Sketch.
Click the Description field, and on the Description worksheet that displays, enter Linework drawing.
Click OK twice.
The Design Sketch element is now the current drawing, and it displays in the Elements folder on the Project
Navigator.
5. Click File menu Save.
Next, you create 3 constructs in which to create the main geometry of the residence. As you create the
constructs, you assign them to levels in the project.
6. Create a construct for the entry level interior wall partitions:

On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator, right-click the Constructs folder, and click New
Construct.
On the Add Construct worksheet, click the Name field, and enter 01 Interior Walls.
Click the Description field, and on the Description worksheet, enter Entry Level, and click OK.
Under Assignments, for 01 Entry Level, select Division (check box) to assign the construct to the 1st
level in the project.
Click OK.
7. Follow the same procedure to create a construct for the upper level slab:
For Name, enter 02 Floor.
For Description, enter Sleeping area.
Under Assignments, for 02 Upper Level, select Division.

8. Follow the same procedure to create a construct for the roof:

For Name, enter 03 Roof.
For Description, enter Roof Slab.
Under Assignments, for 03 Roof Level, select Division.
9. Create a construct for the shell that spans the height of all three levels:
For Name, enter Shell.
For Description, enter Exterior walls.
Under Assignments, for 01 Entry Level Division, 02 Upper Level, and 03 Roof Level, select Division.
Next, use the sketch linework to create the residence shell.
10. Copy the sketch geometry to the Shell Construct:

In the Design Sketch element, select the red linework.
Right-click, and click Clipboard Copy.
On the Project Navigator, double-click Shell.
Right-click, and click Clipboard Paste to Original Coordinates.
On the Navigation toolbar, click the Zoom flyout, and click .
Next, you use the Wall tool on the Design palette to convert the linework to walls. Tools are commands that
you use to draw objects, and take the form of icons on tabbed panels called palettes. The tool image represents
the real-world object that you want to draw.
The walls that you will create with the Design Wall tool uses the standard wall style to create a generic
representation of a wall. A style is a set of parameters that are assigned to an object to determine its appearance
or function. The standard styles that the tools on the Design palette represent are useful in the preliminary
stages of design when you are not certain of the wall, door, or window types you want to use.
11. Convert the sketch to walls to create the shell:

Right-click the Tool Palettes title bar, and click Design.
If necessary, click the Design tab on the side of the palette to display the Design tools.
Right-click the Wall tool ( ), and click Apply Tool Properties to Linework.
Select the red linework in the Shell construct, and press ENTER.
On the command line at the bottom left of your screen, enter y, and press ENTER to erase the linework.
The wall linework is converted to standard style walls with editing grips, and the Wall Properties palette
displays. The Properties palette provides a location where you can change the properties of selected
objects, such as their styles, dimensions, and locations.
12. With the walls selected, change their width and height:
On the Properties palette, under General, for Cleanup group definition, verify Standard is selected.
Under Dimensions, for Width, enter 8'' [200 mm].
For Base height, enter 22' [7000 mm].
For Justify, select Center Justification, and press ENTER.
Press ESC to hide the wall grips.
13. To view the new wall height, on the Navigation toolbar, click the View flyout, and click .
The exterior walls are the same height. You want to lower the garage walls and the 2 wall segments that form
the curved exterior wall as shown below.

14. On the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click .

15. Lower the height of the garage and exterior wall:
Select the 3 garage walls and the straight segment of the curved exterior wall.
On the Properties palette, for Base height, enter 12' [3500 mm], and press ENTER.
In the drawing, press ESC, and select the curved segment of the exterior wall.
On the Properties palette, for Base height, enter 6' [1800 mm], and press ENTER.
In the drawing, press ESC to hide the wall grips.
16. To view the different wall heights, on the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click .
18. Click File menu Save.
Next, create the 1st floor interior partition walls. You will temporarily reference the Shell construct and the
Design Sketch element into the 01 Interior Walls construct to aid in creating the walls.
19. Open the 01 Interior Walls construct and reference the Shell construct and Design Sketch element:
On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator, in the Constructs folder, double-click 01 Interior Walls.
In the Constructs folder, select Shell and drag it into the drawing area of the 01 Interior Walls construct.
In the Elements folder, select Design Sketch and drag it into the drawing area of the 01 Interior Walls
construct.

Next, you trace the linework that you referenced from the Design Sketch element to create a closet and other
interior walls.
20. If necessary, on the application status bar at the bottom left of your screen, turn on drawing aids:
Click OSNAP to turn it on as shown.
Right-click OSNAP Settings.

On the Object Snap tab, select Endpoint, clear all other snaps, and click OK.
Next, you use the linework in the drawing to create interior walls. You begin with the linework that represents
a small enclosed space on the left interior side of the residence, just above the garage.
21. Trace the interior wall linework to create closet walls:

On the Design tab of the Design palette, click the Wall tool.
On the Properties palette, under General, for Cleanup group definition, verify Standard is selected.
Under Dimensions, for Width, enter 6'' [150 mm].
For Base height, enter 9' [2700 mm].
Move the cursor to the left endpoint of the line that represents the top wall of the closet, and when the
square endpoint snap displays, select it.
Select the right endpoint of the line.

Move the cursor down, and select the bottom right endpoint of the vertical line.
Select the left endpoint of the line, and press ENTER.
22. Press ENTER to restart the wall command and trace the remaining linework to create walls.

The interior partition walls are complete. You no longer need to reference the Design Sketch element in the 01
Interior Walls construct.
23. Detach the Design Sketch element:

Under the bottom right corner of your drawing area, on the drawing window status bar, click .
On the External References palette, under File References, select Design Sketch.
Right-click, and click Detach.
Close the External References palette.
Notice that the walls that intersect join, or “clean up.” Wall cleanup is determined by settings in a wall
cleanup definition in the wall style. A setting in the Standard style wall cleanup definition in the Shell
construct allows cleanup between a referenced drawing (Shell) and a host drawing (01 Interior Walls).
24. In the 01 Interior Walls Construct, on the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click to view the shell and
interior walls.
Next, you use different insertion options to add standard style doors and windows to the 01 Interior Walls and
Shell constructs. At this point in your design process, you know where you want to add doors, but you are
unsure of the type or final size. The standard style doors and windows provide generic door representations that
you can replace with specific styles later, as you refine your design.

26. Turn on dynamic input to display dynamic dimensions:

If necessary, on the application status bar, click DYN to turn it on.
If necessary, click the following settings to turn them off: ORTHO, POLAR, OSNAP, and OTRACK.
27. Add a standard style door to the closet in the 01 Interior Walls construct:
On the Design tab of the Design palette, click the Door tool.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Width, enter 2'-8'' [800 mm].
For Height, enter 8'-0'' [2000 mm].
Under Location, for Position along wall, select Offset/Center.
Select the top horizontal closet wall.
Move the cursor along the wall.
By moving the cursor up and down or back and forth, you can change the swing or hinge side of the
door. Because you selected Offset/Center for the Location property of the door, dynamic dimensions
display the door as centered in the wall or as offset a specific distance from the end of the wall segment.
When the door is centered in the wall, and the door hinge side is on the right, click to place the door, and
press ENTER.
28. Select the door, and click the right arrow grip to flip the door hinge and swing sides.
29. Press ESC to hide the grips.

30. Add 2 additional standard style doors:
Press ENTER to restart the door command.
On the Properties palette, under Location, for Automatic offset, enter 9'' [200 mm].

Select the top restroom wall.

Move the cursor along the wall until the dynamic dimensions show the door as offset 9'' [200 mm] from
the right wall, and click to place it.
Select the side office wall.

Move the cursor along the side office wall until the dynamic dimensions show the door as centered in the
wall segment shown below, and click to place it.
Press ENTER to end the command.
Next, detach the Shell construct that you temporarily referenced into the 01 Interior Walls construct to help you
place doors. It is good practice to detach construct to construct references when you are finished with them.
You will create different views of the residence later in view drawings by referencing constructs.
31. Detach the Shell construct:

On the drawing window status bar, click .
On the External References palette, under File References, select Shell.
32. Save and close the 01 Interior Walls construct.

Next, use dynamic input to place doors in the Shell construct. Dynamic input offers you another option to
precisely place objects in your drawings.
33. If it does not display, on the Project Navigator, double-click Shell.

34. Add a standard style door between the garage and residence:
On the application status bar, verify OSNAP is off.
On the Design tool palette, click the Door tool.
For Height, enter 8'-0'' [2000 mm].
Under Location, for Position along Wall, select Unconstrained.
Select the wall between the garage and the residence.
When dynamic door dimensions display, press TAB until the upper dimension is highlighted, and enter
9'' [200 mm] to offset the door 9'' [200 mm] from the top garage wall.
35. With the door command still active, use the same technique to add a front door that is offset 6'' [150 mm] from
the end of the wall.
36. Offset a back door 6'' [150 mm] from the shell wall in the short wall segment at the back of the residence.

37. Center a garage door in the garage wall.
In the next exercise, you refine the residence design, and replace this door with a more appropriate door type.
Next, add windows, an opening, and a curtain wall to complete the preliminary design of the residence.
38. Add 3 garage windows:

On the Design tab of the Design palette, click the Window tool.
For Height, enter 5' [1500 mm].
For Automatic offset, enter 6'' [150 mm].
Center the 1st window in the top wall.
Place 2 additional windows 6'' [150 mm] from either side of the 1st window.
39. Add a standard style arched opening to the back wall of the residence:
On the Design tab of Design tool palette, click the Opening tool.
On the Properties palette, under General, for Shape, select Arch.
Under Dimensions, for Width, enter 18' [5000 mm].
For Height, enter 18' [5000].
Select the back wall of the residence.
Move the cursor in the wall until the dynamic dimensions indicate the opening is centered in the wall,
and click to place it.
Press ENTER.

40. Add a standard style curtain wall:

On the Design tool palette, right-click the Curtain Wall tool, and click Apply Tool Properties to Walls.
Select the wall segment next to the back door, and press ENTER.
Press ENTER to accept baseline justification.
Enter y to erase the wall, and press ENTER.
Press ESC to hide the grips.
The curtain wall extends into the perpendicular walls. You will resize them in the next exercise when you
refine the residence design.
The preliminary design is complete. In the next exercise, you refine the design by resizing the curtain wall and
by converting the doors, windows, and curtain wall to finished styles.
Refining the Design
In this exercise, you change the door and curtain wall styles from standard styles to finished styles.


2. Reference the 01 Interior Walls construct into the Shell construct to complete the floor plan:
In the Constructs folder, select 01 Interior Walls, and drag it into the Shell construct.
If necessary, on the Navigation toolbar, click the Zoom flyout, and click .
The interior and exterior walls clean up, because wall cleanup is enabled between host and xref drawings.
Next, you change the style of the doors in the 01 Interior Walls construct. You can change the door styles in
the referenced 01 Interior Walls construct without leaving the Shell construct.
3. Change the standard door styles in the interior walls:

Double-click 1 of the interior doors.
In the Reference Edit dialog, click OK.
The RefEdit toolbar displays. Only the walls and doors in the 01 Interior Walls construct display in full
color, indicating that you can now edit them.
Select 1 of the doors to display its grips.

Right-click, and click Select Similar.
On the Design tool palette, click the Doors tab on the side of the palette.
Right-click Hinged-Single, and click Apply Tool Properties to Door.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Standard Sizes, verify 2'-8'' x 8'-0'' [800 x 2000 mm] is
selected.
The standard sizes are the manufactured sizes available for the type of door created by the style.
In the drawing, press ESC to hide the door grips.

On the Refedit toolbar, click to save the changes in the referenced 01 Interior Walls construct, and
click OK.
Next, change the door styles in the Shell.
4. Change the style of the back door, the door next to the curtain wall:

On the Doors tab of the Design tool palette, right-click Hinged-Single-Full-Lite, and click Apply Tool
Properties to Door.
Select the back door, and press ENTER.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Standard Sizes, verify 2'-8'' x 8'-0'' [800 x 2000 mm]
(Custom Size) is selected.
In the drawing, press ESC to hide the door grips.
5. Use the same procedure, change the remaining standard style doors in the shell:
Change the front door to Hinged-Single-Exterior, and verify a standard size of 2'-8'' x 8'-0'' [800 x 2000
mm].
Change the door between the garage and residence to Hinged-Single, and verify a standard size of 2'-8'' x
8'-0'' [800 x 2000 mm].
Change the garage door to Overhead Sectional, and on the Properties palette, select a standard size of 9'-
0'' x 8'-0'' [2743 x 1981.20 mm].
6. Change the style of the 3 garage windows:

Select 1 window, right-click, and click Select Similar.
Click the Windows tab on the Design palette.
Right-click Glider, and click Apply Tool Properties to Window.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Standard sizes, select 3'-5'' x 5'-0'' [1000 x 1500 mm].
7. Adjust the length of the curtain wall:
On the application status bar, turn on OSNAP.
On the Object Snap tab, select Perpendicular, clear all other snaps, and click OK.
Select the curtain wall to display its grips.
Select the triangular lengthen grip, move the curtain wall to the interior face of the shell wall, and when
the perpendicular snap displays, click the wall to place it.

By using the grip to edit the curtain wall, you changed the curtain wall length, but not the orientation.
8. Using the same technique, adjust the other end of the curtain wall.
9. On the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click to view the standard style curtain wall.
The curtain wall that you added is not the type that you want, but the Design tool palette includes only the
standard style curtain wall tool.
You need to use the Content Browser to search the catalogs of content included in Architectural Desktop for a
curtain wall tool that has a style that you want. The Content Browser is a library of tool catalogs containing
tools and tool palettes that you can store, share, and exchange in Architectural Desktop.

11. Right-click the Tool Palettes title bar, and click Getting_Started to display the project-specific tool palette.
The palette is currently empty. In the next step, you add tools that are specific to the current project, the
residence design.
12. Search for a curtain wall tool in a catalog in the Content Browser:
On the Navigation toolbar, click .
In the left pane, select Filter Content.
In the right pane, click the Design Tool Catalog - Imperial [Design Tool Catalog - Metric].
In the list in the left pane, click Curtain Walls.
In the right pane, locate the Square Grid 5'x5' [Square Grid 1500 x 1500 mm].

The tool icon previews the grid style curtain wall that you want to add to the residence.
13. Add the curtain wall tool to the project tool palette:
In the Content Browser, click
in the corner of the tool icon, and drag the tool to the Getting Started
tool palette.
Close the Content Browser.
14. Apply the tool properties of the new curtain wall tool to the standard curtain wall in the shell:
On the Getting Started tool palette, right-click Square Grid 5'x5' [Square Grid 1500 x 1500], and click
Apply Tool Properties to Curtain Wall.
In the Shell construct, select the standard style curtain wall, and press ENTER.
Press ESC to hide the grips.
The curtain wall displays the new style that you applied to it.
The curtain wall now features the style that you chose.
NOTE:If you created the metric Square Grid 1500 x 1500 curtain wall, the curtain wall may look slightly
different than the illustration shown above.
Next, edit the curtain wall style to feature panels of a smaller size.


17. Edit the curtain wall style:
Select the curtain wall, right-click, and click Edit Curtain Wall Style.
On the Curtain Wall Style Properties worksheet, click the Design Rules tab.
In the top right pane, under Division Assignments, verify Horizontal Divisions is selected.
In the bottom right pane, for Name, enter Horiz Dim 3' [Horiz Dim 900 mm].
For Cell Dimension, enter 3' [900 mm].
In the top right pane, under Cell Assignments, click Vertical Division.
In the left pane, under Element Definitions, select Divisions.
In the upper right pane, select Vert Dim 5' [Vert Dim 1500].
In the bottom right pane, for Name, enter Vert Dim 3' [Vert Dim 900].
For Cell Dimensions, enter 3' [900 mm].
Click the General tab, and for Name, enter Square Grid 3'x3' [Square Grid 900 mm x 900 mm].
Click OK.
18. To view the new style, on the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click .
The curtain wall now has smaller panels, but the tool that you used to create it will only create the original
curtain wall.
19. Add a new curtain wall tool with the edited style to the Getting Started palette:
Save the Shell construct.
Select the curtain wall, without moving any of its grips, drag it to the Getting Started tool palette.
Right-click the tool, Square Grid 3'x3' [Square Grid 900 x 900], and click Set Image from Selection.
Select the curtain wall in the Shell construct, and press ENTER.
The project palette now features the new curtain wall tool.
20. Delete the original curtain wall tool from the project palette:
Select Square Grid 5'x5' [Square Grid 1500 x 1500], right-click, and click Delete.
In the AutoCAD dialog, click OK.
Next, create a floor slab for the ground floor of the residence.

Creating Entry Level Floor Slabs
In this exercise, you add a wooden floor system under the main residence and a concrete slab under the garage.
1. In the Shell construct, on the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click .

2. On the application status bar, specify settings for drawing aids:
Turn on ORTHO and OSNAP.
On the Object Snap tab, select Endpoint, clear all other snaps, and click OK.
3. Create a floor slab for the residence:
On the Slabs tab of the Design palette, click the Wood Floor System tool.
On the application status bar, for Elevation, verify 01 Entry Level +0 displays to ensure you will draw
the slab at the Entry Level elevation of 0 and with a 0 offset.
Verify that Z is turned on to replace the Z value of any objects that you might snap as you draw the slab
with the current elevation.
On the Getting_Started tool palette, click Wood Floor System.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Thickness, enter 1' [300 mm].
For Justify, select Top to align the top of the slab with the first point that you specify when you draw it.
Select the lower left interior endpoint of the main residence shell wall.
Move the cursor to the right, and select the lower right endpoint of the curtain wall.

Move the cursor up, and select a parallel point on the wall.
Move the cursor to the left, and select the interior endpoint of the wall next to the door.
Move the cursor down, enter c, and press ENTER twice to complete the slab.
4. Create a concrete slab under the garage:

On the Slabs tab of the Design palette, click the Concrete Slab on Grade tool.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Thickness, enter 4'' [100 mm].
For Justify, select Top.
Snap to the 4 interior garage wall endpoints to create a slab.
Notice that the garage floor aligns with the bottoms of the walls, but the top layers of the residence slab, the
wood flooring and subfloor, display above them. You need to lower the slab so that the subfloor aligns with the
walls, and the wood flooring layer is offset to display above the walls as it would be constructed.

6. Change the vertical offset of the Wood Floor System tool:

On the Slabs palette, right-click the Wood Floor System tool.
Click Properties.
In the Tool Properties dialog, under Dimensions, for Vertical offset, enter -3/4'' [-20 mm].
Click OK.
Right-click the Wood Floor System tool, and click Apply Tool Properties to Slab.
Select the slab, and press ENTER.
The slab is lowered so that only the wood flooring displays above the bottom of the walls.

8. Detach the 01 Interior Walls element:
Under the bottom right corner of your drawing area, on the drawing window status bar, click .
On the External References palette, under File References, select Interior Walls.
9. Save the Shell construct.
Creating Upper Level Slabs
In this exercise, you create a floor slab for the upper level of the residence and a roof slab for the garage roof.

1. On the Project Navigator, in the Elements folder, double-click Design Sketch.

2. On the Layer Properties toolbar, click , and click next to the following layers:
sketch-access
sketch-furniture
sketch-views
3. Save and close the Design Sketch element.
4. On the Project Navigator, in the Constructs folder, double-click 02 Floor.
5. Reference the 01 Interior Walls construct, the Shell construct, and the Design Sketch element into the 02 Floor
construct.
On the Project Navigator, select 01 Interior Walls, and drag it to 02 Floor construct.
Select Shell, and drag it to 02 Floor construct.
Select Design Sketch, and drag it to 02 Floor construct.

6. Create the upper level floor slab:
On the Slabs tab of the Design palette, click the Wood Floor System tool.
On the application status bar, for Elevation, verify 02 Upper Level 10' [3000 mm] +0 displays.
Verify that Z is turned on.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Thickness, enter 1' [300 mm].
Select the upper left endpoint of the entry level residence slab.
Move the cursor down, and select the lower left endpoint of the slab.
Turn off OSNAP, move the cursor to the right until it is located across from the table, and specify a point
on the slab.

Move the cursor up, and select the parallel point on the floor slab.
Enter c, and press ENTER to complete the slab.

7. Create the garage floor slab:
On the Slabs tab of the Design palette, click the Lightweight Concrete Floor System tool.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Thickness, enter 4'' [159 mm].
Snap to the 4 interior garage slab endpoints to create the roof slab.
8. Under the bottom right corner of your drawing area, click , and detach the Design Sketch element and the
01 Interior Walls construct.
9. To view a shaded model of the residence with the new slabs visible, on the Navigation toolbar:
On the View flyout, click .
On the Visual Styles flyout, click .

10. On the Navigation toolbar:

11. Copy the slab tools you used previously to the Getting_Started tool palette:
Press and hold CTRL, and select the slab tools on the Slabs palette that used in the residence design.
Right-click, and click Copy.
Open the Getting_Started palette, right-click, and click Paste.
12. Save the 02 Floor construct.
Next, add stairs and railings to the residence in the 02 Floor construct.
Adding Stairs and Railings
In this exercise, you add a flight of stairs between the 01 Entry Level and the 02 Upper Level of the residence. After
you add the stairs, you add a railing to the stairs and another railing along the upper floor slab.

1. Use Content Browser to add the following stair and railing tools to the Getting_Started tool palette from the
Design Tool Catalog - Imperial [Design Tool Catalog - Metric]:
Cantilever
Guardrail-Pipe + Rod Horiz.
2. In the 02 Floor construct, add the stairs:
On the Getting_Started tool palette, click Cantilever.
On the Properties palette, under General, for Shape, select Straight.
For Vertical Orientation, select Down to draw the stairs from the 02 Floor level to the 01 Entry Level.
Under Dimensions, for Width, enter 4' [1000 mm].
For Height, enter 10'-1/2'' [3000 mm].
For Justify, select Right.
For Riser Count, verify a value of 18 [17].
Select the lower right endpoint of the 02 Level floor slab.
Move the cursor to the right, specify a point beyond the top tread of the stairs, and click to place the
stairs.
Press ENTER.
3. Add a railing to the stair:
On the Getting_Started tool palette, click Guardrail Pipe + Rod Horiz.
On the Properties palette, under Location, for Attached to, select Stair.
Select the side of the stair, and press ENTER.

4. Add a railing along the slab on the upper level slab:

On the Getting_Started tool palette, click Guardrail-Pipe + Rod Horiz.
On the Properties palette, under Location, for Attached to, select *NONE*.
Select a start point for the railing next to the existing railing.
Move the cursor vertically, and select a railing endpoint near the wall.
5. On the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click to view the stairs.
6. If necessary, on the drawing window status bar, click to turn off floor slab surface hatching.
7. Under the bottom right corner of your drawing area, click , and detach the Shell construct.
8. Save and close the 02 Floor construct.
9. Next, you create views of the residence.
Creating Views for a Sheet
In this exercise, you create views of the residence that you place on a sheet later in this tutorial.
1. Create a view drawing that will contain a section view and 4 exterior building elevation views:
On the Views tab of the Project Navigator, right-click the Views folder, and click New View Dwg
Section/Elevation.
In the Add Section/Elevation View worksheet, click in the Name field, and enter Section and Elevation
Views.

Click Next.
For all 3 levels, select Division, and click Next.
Click Finish.
2. Define the section view:
On the application status bar, click ORTHO to turn it on.
On the Project Navigator, under Views, double-click Section and Elevation Views.
Right-click the tool palettes title bar, and click Document.
Click the Callouts tab, and click Section Mark A1T.
Specify a point to the right of the back door for the start point of the section line.
Move the cursor left, and specify a point past the garage for the endpoint of the section line, and press
ENTER.
Move the cursor down, and specify a point for the section view extents.
On the Place Callout worksheet, select Generate Section/Elevation, and Place Titlemark.
Under Create in, click Current Drawing.
Specify a point to the right of the view in your drawing to place the section.
3. Define the elevation views:

On the Callouts tab of the Document palette, click Exterior Elevation Mark A3.
Specify a point above the upper left corner of the view that you used to create the section, and then
specify a point below the lower right corner of the view.
If necessary, on the Place Callout worksheet, select Generate Section/Elevation, and Place Titlemark.
Under Create in, click Current Drawing.
Specify point slightly above the views in your drawing to place the elevations.
Specify a point slightly to the right to determine the direction in which the elevations will be placed and
the spacing between them.
The elevations are placed above the view from which you created them.

4. Create a floor plan view that you will use later to create a door schedule:
On the Project Navigator, click the Views tab.
Right-click the Views folder, and click New View Dwg General.
In the Add General View worksheet, click in the Name field, enter Floor Plan.
Click Next.
For 01 Entry Level, select Division, and select Next.
Click Finish.
5. Save and close both view drawings, Section and Elevation Views and Floor Plan.
Adding a Roof
In this exercise, you create a roof slab for the residence.
1. On the Project Navigator, on the Constructs tab, double-click 03 Roof.

2. In the Constructs folder, select Shell, and drag it into the drawing.
3. On the Shapes toolbar, click .
4. Sketch the roof profile, using the interior wall endpoints for reference.
5. Under the bottom right corner of your drawing area, click , and detach the Shell construct.
6. On the application status bar, for Elevation, verify 03 Roof Level 20' [6000 mm] displays, and elevation offset

is +0.
7. Verify that Z is turned on.
8. Convert the roof profile to a roof slab.
Right-click the tool palettes title bar, and click Design.
Click the Design tab, and right-click the Roof Slab tool.
Click Apply Tool Properties to Linework, Walls and Roof.
Select the roof profile, and press ENTER.
Enter y to erase the profile, and press ENTER.
Enter d to create the slab vertices at the location of the points that you selected to create the polyline, and
press ENTER.
Enter t to align the top of the slab with the polyline, and press ENTER.
Press ENTER to use the default edge for the slab pivot point.
9. With the roof slab selected, view its thickness and elevation:
On the Properties palette, for Thickness, verify a value of 1' [300 mm].
Under Slope, for Rise, verify a value of 0.
10. Save and close the 03 Roof construct.
11. Reference the 03 Roof construct into the Shell construct:
On the Project Navigator, in the Constructs folder, double-click Shell.
In the Constructs folder, select 03 Roof, and drag it into the Shell construct.
12. On the Navigation toolbar:
Notice that 2 of the walls and the curtain wall protrude through the roof.
13. Lower the 2 walls:

Select both walls.
On the Properties palette, under Dimensions, for Base height, enter 19' [5700 mm].
Press ENTER, and then press ESC.
14. Select the curtain wall, and lower it to a base height of 19' [5700 mm].
15. Under the bottom right corner of your drawing screen, click , and detach the 03 Roof construct.
16. Save and close the Shell construct.
Creating a Presentation Sheet

In this exercise, you create a sheet on which you add the views that you created in the previous exercise.
1. Create the sheet:

On the Project Navigator, click the Sheets tab to view the folders in the Getting Started sheet set.
Under Getting Started, expand Architectural.
Under Architectural, right-click General, and click New Sheet.
On the New Sheet worksheet, for Number, enter A101.
For Sheet title, enter Client Presentation.
Notice that the File name is created automatically from the number and title that you enter for the sheet.
Click OK.

2. Open the Client Presentation sheet:
On the Project Navigator, under Architectural\Plans, double-click A101 Client Presentation.
Notice that the title block on the sheet already contains the title, number, and name of the project.
3. Reference views onto the sheet:

On the Project Navigator, click the Views tab.
In the Views folder, select Floor Plan.
Drag Floor Plan to the sheet, and click to place it in the top left corner of the sheet.
Select and drag Section and Elevation Views to the sheet.
Click to place the section view under the Floor Plan view.
Click to place the first elevation across from the floor plan view.
Click to place the remaining elevations under it.
Next, create a door schedule on the sheet.

Creating a Door Schedule
In this exercise, you create a door schedule on the sheet that you created previously.
1. In the Views folder, double-click Floor Plan.

2. Tag the doors in the Floor Plan view:
Right-click the tool palettes title bar, and click Document.
On the Scheduling tab of the Document palette, click Door Tag.
Select a door in the Floor Plan view, and press ENTER to center the tag on the door.
Click OK in the Edit Property Set Data dialog that displays.
Repeat the 2 previous steps until all 7 doors are tagged.
The tags are placed on the doors, but the tag numbers are repeated. The doors in each referenced construct have
been numbered in a separate sequence.
3. Renumber the tags:

On the Scheduling tab of the Document palette, click the Renumber Data tool.
In the Data Renumber dialog, for Property Set, verify DoorObjects is selected.
For Property, verify Number is selected.
For Start Number, select 1.
For Increment, select 1.

Click OK.
Select each door.
When you select the final door, press ENTER to renumber the tags.
Save and close the Floor Plan view.
The door tags are renumbered in the order in which you selected them.
4. In the ADT 101 Client Presentation sheet, if the External References bubble displays, click the blue link to
update the changes to the Floor Plan view in the sheet.
5. Create a schedule on the ADT 101 Client Presentation sheet:
On the Scheduling tab of the Document palette, click the Door Schedule tool.
Press ENTER to schedule an external drawing, the Floor Plan view.
Specify a point under the left side of the Floor Plan view to place the upper left corner of the schedule.
Press ENTER to place the right corner of the schedule.
The schedule displays on the sheet, but contains no data on the residence doors.
6. Add the door data to the schedule:

Double-click the schedule.
On the Properties palette, under Selection, for Add new objects automatically, select Yes.
For Scan Xrefs, verify Yes is selected.
Under Advanced, for Schedule external drawing, select Yes.
For external drawing, select the Floor Plan view.
The schedule on the sheet now displays with a slash through it, indicating it is not up to date.
7. Right-click the schedule, and click Update Schedule Table.
The schedule now lists the residence doors.
8. Change a door size and update the schedule:

On the Constructs tab of the Project Navigator, double-click the Shell construct.
Change the back door of the residence to a slightly smaller size.
Save and close the Shell construct.
In the Client Presentation sheet, click the blue link in the yellow bubble to reload the changes that you
made in the Shell to the views on the sheet that reference it.
Right-click the schedule, and click Update Schedule Table.
The new door size is reflected in the schedule.

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Managing Your Drawings

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Managing Your Drawings

Constructs and Elements

The Shell construct

The 01 Interior Walls construct

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The 02 Floor construct

The 03 Roof construct

Linework in the Design Sketch element

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Views and Sheets

A section view of the residence

Views of the residence referenced onto a sheet

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Using the Tutorial in this Guide

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Starting the Project

1. Start Architectural Desktop.

5. Click File menu Project Browser.

7. At the bottom of the left pane, click .

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For Project Name, enter Getting Started.

9. In the Project Browser, click Close.

11. Add 2 levels to the project:

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Double-click 2, and enter 02 Upper Level.

14. Close Windows Explorer.

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Creating the Preliminary Design

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4. Save the sketch as an element:

5. Click File menu Save.

6. Create a construct for the entry level interior wall partitions:

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8. Follow the same procedure to create a construct for the roof:

Next, use the sketch linework to create the residence shell.

10. Copy the sketch geometry to the Shell Construct:

11. Convert the sketch to walls to create the shell:

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14. On the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click .

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On the Navigation toolbar, click the Zoom flyout, and click .

Right-click OSNAP Settings.

21. Trace the interior wall linework to create closet walls:

Select the right endpoint of the line.

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Select the left endpoint of the line, and press ENTER.

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23. Detach the Design Sketch element:

25. On the Navigation toolbar View flyout, click .

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